You shouldn't download the Zoom app
With the confinement or quarantine decreed in many countries due to the expansion of the Coronavirus COVID-19, video call apps have become the most downloaded of the App Store Many to talk with friends and family and many others to keep in touch with our work.
One such application that has become very popular is Zoom. This video call app is focused on the business field and is the most downloaded app in the Spanish App Store in the Economy and Business section.
The problem is that Zoom shares user data without users' consent and without letting them know
Although this application will have facilitated teleworking and work conferences at this time when the vast majority of users are at home, it also has its dark side. And it is that, as it has been learned, the application shares the information of the devices and users with Facebook
This, in principle, would not be worrisome if the app contemplated it that way. But is not the case. What it does is share the data with Facebook without the consent of the users and without their knowledge of it.
Some of the functions of the app
The information you collect and share with Facebook is one of the most varied. It goes from the device type and model, through the time zone and the city from which we are connected, until the IPAlso data such as email and could even share the phone number.
This type of activity by apps, which is quite frequent, starts to bother a lot. It is one thing for users to be aware that data is going to be shared and accept it, but another thing is for data to be shared without the possibility of users knowing this. What do you think? Would you use or recommend this app now?
